Optare solo sr

20014/5/6/27

These
Solo SR vehicles are the only Solo type vehicles to be
purchased new for the Diamond Bus fleet and were part of
a batch of four vehicles purchased. The Diamond Bus
vehicles are built to the Signature specification and
are used on the Signature Transport for West Midlands contracted services in
and around Solihull. The vehicles were initially
allocated to the Central Connect operation at Long Acre
in Birmingham. This was integrated into the main Diamond
bus operation and when the Long Acre depot was closed in
2015 the vehicles were transferred to Redditch Garage
from where the Signature routes are operated from.

Registration Number

Fleet
Number

Vehicle
Chassis

Body
work

Seating Capacity

Allocation

Vehicle Livery

YJ10MFY

20014

Optare M950SABFW3AF0AL290062

Optare

B33F

Redditch

Signature

YJ10MFX

20015

Optare M950
SABFW3AF0AL290061

Optare

B33F

Redditch

Signature

YJ10MFV

20016

Optare M950 SABFW3AF0AL290060

Optare

B33F

Redditch

Signature

YJ10MFZ

20027

Optare M950 SABFW3AF0AL290063

Optare

B33F

Redditch

Signature

20881-4,
30050/1

With
the requirement for better quality vehicles to operate
Transport for West Midlands contracted services Rotala
acquired some nearly new Euro V standards Optare Solo
SRs. When the Hanson's Local Bus business was acquired
then there was a need to consolidate the 226 route from
Merry Hill to Dudley where Diamond and Hanson's had
operated in head to head competition. The timetable was
rationalised and number of the Solo SRs that had been
recently acquired were painted in the company's blue
livery and were branded up for the 226 route.